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SECRETS OF THE SEA. TRAGEDIES ON THE OCEAN OF WHICH NOTHING 13 KNOWN. A Sailorman’s Yarn of Swift and Aw ful Punishment for Brutality The Disappearance From His Ship of the Mate of tho Marietta. From the Alta California. “What’s that you say t .Murders ever committed at sea that aro never found out! Well, I should say there wore.” Tho speaker was a tall, well formed, bronzed mariner, the chief officer ot an American ship now lying at the sea wall. He has followed the sea from his infancy, for he was born on it, and the forty-five years of his wave-tossed life have been full of incident and adventure. “Yes,” he went on, “there are many, crimes committed at sea which never come to light, and many is the old shellback whose liana is stained with blood. Talking of this puts me in mind of something that occurred to me —a case that furnishes an instance in point. It happened about six years ago that I was stranded in this port without a rag. I had been ashore about six days, ample time for an old shell to get away with his all, and I was determined to ship as soon as pos sible. There was at that time in port as pretty a little ship as I have ever seen. She wiis tbe very craft to charm a sailor’s heart. Long and low of hull, with tall, raking masts, she had the run of a clipper, and was us clean as a man-o’-war. “I took a fancy to the Sea Foam at once, and, hearing that the Captain wanted men, 1 went aboard and was shipped as bo’sun for a voyage to Cork. I found the old mail a splendid fellow, bluff and hearty, a real sea dog, who liked his glass of grog, and whose nose showed his liking. The second mate was a nice young man, but the mate was a queer card. He’d never look you in tbe face, was always talking to himself, and would fly into terrible paroxysms of rage. Even in his sleep he could not keep quiet,' and the stillness of the night watch would often be disturbed by his shrieks for ‘mercy,’ and his cfies of ‘I did not do it; it wasn’t me.’ “I at last came to the conclusion that the man was tormented with remorse for some past crime. As the days of the voyage wore on 1 became more and more convinced that my belief was correct, and that the mate was a criminal, but the real truth was to be revealed to me sooner than I expected. “It was on Trinity Sunday, 1881, and we were in 45° south and 120° west, when we were overtaken in one of the heaviest gales it has been my lot to encounter. The glass had been jumping about as if it had St. Vitus’ dance. The old man had foreseen the gale which broke on us from the sou’west, and we had everything snug when the first blast struck us and heeled us over till the water poured down the companionway. Luckily wo had brand new topsails and try sails, or the devil himself could not have saved us. “We were lying up to the wind pretty steadily when eight bells struck at midnight and the mate got ready to go below. Poor fellow! he never got below by himself, but had to be carried there, for a sudden lurch to the leeward threw him across the poop deck, and at the same moment the spanker boom was carried away from the mast and fell across his chest. When we picked him up he was senseless, so we carried him down below, and brought him around with some brandy. But he was a dying man, and he knew it. ‘Tell the old man to come here,’ he said, and the captain was brought along side. ‘Captain,’ he said, in a hoarse whis per, while every now and then the welling blood choked his utterance, ‘I have a con fession to make. 1 was afraid to make it before, and it has rendered my life a burden to me. Three years ago, captain, I shipped before the mast in the Marietta, brig of New Orleans, bound with cotton for Liver pool. I forget the old man’s name, but the mate was named Roberts, and he was a brute. Hardly had the ship left harbor before ho com menced to ill-treat the men, but a terrible punishment was to overtake him. We had been out six days, the weather was fine, and 1 had the first wheel in the afternoon watch. The stores were to be given out that after noon, and at two bells I saw a man coming aft with some kids in his hand to get the stores. In a quarter of an hour he returned, carrying a. kid of molasses. As he came out of the booby hatch, the Captain’s dog, a snarling little cur, bit him on the leg and he fell, spilling the molasses on the deck. The mate saw the accident, and, going deliberately up to the man, kicked him in the face, and the poor wretch rolled over senseless. The inhuman mate was not pun ished, however. He raised the prostrate man’s head up and laid it on the overturned kid. Then getting astride the man, he raised his foot and kicked the poor wretch beneath the nose, tearing the nostrils clean off. He then set the dog on the man. “ ‘The mate laughed. “Take him for ward,” I could hear him say to the men who were gathered around lingering their knives in a threatening manner. They lifted their wounded, senseless comrade and took him forward as the mate went below. He presently returned and proceeded to take the sun. He stood abaft the main rigging on the port side. He raised the sextant and looked intently at the glowing sun. I saw the men consulting together, and then one stepped forward. He was a big, brawny collier. Picking up a heaver he stole be hind the mate, and brought the iron liar down with crushing force upon his head, dashing his brains out with the force of the blow. The other men rushed aft. picked up the body, and dropped it overboard with the sextant. A few buckets of water washed away all evidence of the crime, and the men resumed work. “ ‘At four bells the old man came on deck and looked around for the mate, but not seeing him went below again. In the mean tipie I was relieved. I went forward. “Did you see anything,” asked the collier. “No,” I answered. “1 am glad of it,” was the reply, “for there’s more heavers in the ship.” Passing by the main rigging, I looked over; blood and brains bespattered the chain plates. I drew a bucket of water and washed it off. “I had scarcely finished when the skipper came on deck again, very much excited. “Who’s seen the niatei” he asked. No one had. The ship was searched, but no mate was found, and at last the seurch was given up, the captain concluding that his chief officer had fallen overboard, though how was a mystery. “ ‘We arrived in Liverpool all safe, the second mate acting as first and the boat swain as second officer. The tragic story w’as never told, and I have lived iu hell ever since.’ “The excitement which had kept the mate up now failed him, and he fell back on the table with the death-rattle in his throat. And there, amid the shrieking of the wind and the groaning of the vessel, the poor fel low died the litSe oil lamp casting a weird light on bis pale, convulsed features. “There, sir,” concluded the mate, ‘was a crime which was never avenged, for though we laid tho facts before the pro]sir officials in Liverpool, fhe murderer was never dis eovered. Yes, sir; the sea has many mys teries.” “Rough on Bile” Pills. Small granules, small dose, big results, pleasant in operation, don’t disturb the stomach. 10c. and 25c. ‘Buchu-Paiba.” Quick, complete cure, all annoying kid bey, bladder and urinary diseases. $l. At druggists. “Rough on Dirt.” Ask for “Rough on Dirt.” A perfect washing powder found at last! A harmless extra fine A1 article, pure and clean, sweet ens, freshens, bleaches and whitens without slightest injury to liuest fabric. Unequaled for fine linens and laces, general household, kitchen and laundry use. Softens water, saves labor and soap. Added to starch pre vents yellowing. 5c., 10c., 25c. at groers. AN AWFUL DEATH. The Terrible Tentacles of an Octopus Wound Around a Chinese Fisherman. f'rorn the Alta California. An unusual commotion and excitement have been noticeable for several days past among the members of the little Chinese fishing colony that is located on the arms of the bay that stretches between the Potrero and South Siui Francisco. The odd-shaped scows and rafts in which the fishermen pur sue their vocation have been skimming around the bay in an aimless way; the plodding clam catcher instead of plodding in the mud for the bi valves has put in the time in running around the beach and even extending his travels to the other side of Butcher town, as if he were in search of some thing. At night twice the ordinarv number of tapers And punks have been burned in the camp, and the celestials have been heard chanting a low, monotonous song that sounded like a death dirge. On Wed nesday the cause of the movements was dis covered. Lee Chung Tuk, one of the most prosperous and energetic members of the community, is no more. That he is dead all his former companions firmly believe now, though for some time they entertained hopes that he might have escaped the hor rible fate which three of his friends assert that he met with. Acting under this im pression the searching parties were insti tuted. The circumstances attending his disappearance from his haunts and friends are, according to the statements, sensational as well as tragical. Tuk was the owner of one of the neatest junks in the colonial fishing fleet, and had threomssistants to help him in his labors. From the pigeon English of the Chinese the following story has been gleaned. Aside from certain imaginative touches which the fears of the Chinese may have caused them to add to it, the story shows that man-eat ing sharks are not the only dreaded sea monsters which are harbored by the deep waters of the bay. * IN THE MONSTER'S CLUTCHES. On last Saturday evening as the sun was declining and the mists floating in from the sea, Tuk and his three companions hauled out into deep water in their junk, which, by the way, is called by a Chinese name, which, being translated, means “the ever resplen dent queen of the ocean that snaps her lingers at the devils of the deep.” It was the object of the party to lay their nets by night and have them in readiness by the morning. Some hours were occupied in the occupation, for however expert Tuk’s “queen” was in snapping her fingers at the devils, she was mighty slow in getting through the water. The moon was well up in the sky and cast a halo of silver light around on the rippling waves as they swashed against the sides of the junk. Tuk was leaning over the edge of the boat ad justing some ropes. In that same moment Tuk’s companion’s saw a huge shiny, ser pent-like arm emerge from the water and twine itself around his middle. A great scream broke from his lips and died away in a sickening gurgle as the breath was forced out of him by the compression of the air. Cries of horror and fright arose from Tuk’s comradas, and they crouched low in the boat and watched Tuk struggle in the horribly embrace. Their cries were re doubled when, almost in the space of an other moment, at least six hideous looking arms arose in the air and began to whirl around ldte a windmill on a breezy day. The armsMr tentacles then commenced to swish around the boat as if they were feel ing for the other Chinese who were moaning and crying with terror. Tuk’s body was still wriggling, and a gurgle came from his throat. Two of the waving arms were wound around his limbs, biudiug them with terrific power. Then a huge, jelly-like body rose in the water close by the junk, and by the light of the moon the fprrified Chinese saw- the huge, gaping moutn of the monster, and the protruding eyes shot out a greenish gleam. Anew peril was now staring the wretched fishermen in the face. The weight of the monster’s tentacles, one of which was clutching the gunwale fast, was careening the boat over inch by inch. The gunwale was even now almost level with the waves, and the shivering, cower ing Chinese would be dropped into the gap ing mouth or into the embrace of the ten tacles. NOTHING ELSE THAN AN OCTOPUS. Fear at last seemed to nerve one of the Chinese with a desperate courage. He crawled over to where a large hatchet was lying and, seizing it, made his way to the gunwale. Then, standing up and dodging a blow from one of the whirling arms, he brought the sharp edge of the hatchet heavily down upon the clutching tentacle. One stroke, then a rapid second. The arm was severed, and at the same time a gust of wind struck the boat's sail and drove her a good distance away from the fish ere it could get another grip. The three men were safe; with streaming eyes they saw the yet struggling form of Tuk dragged beneath the waters. Fearing another at tack from the monster, the frightened fish ermen got out their lpng oars and rowed the junk as rapidly as possible from the place. How they reached the Potrero shore the men can hardly remember. They told the tale to their countryman, and in tense was the excitement that followed and ‘ varied the comments regarding the strange sea devil which had taken off Tuk. Many of the latter’s friends believed that Tuk had escaped and swam ashore. Then search was made for his body in the water and along the beach. The affair has aroused the superstitious fears of the Chinese. They fear that the monster may visit them again. The lopped off arm was thrown overboard by Tuk’s comrades, as they really believed it was a section of the evil one. Probably the queen, etc., will bo burned ns a sacrifice to the devil that visited her and spirited awav her owner. If the statements of the Chinese fisnermen arc accurate, the monster could have been nothing else than an octopus. These crea tures, however, generally frequent tropical waters, and it seems strange that one should have found its way into this bay. The Chi nese say that a strong odor was apparent when the arm was severed. This is charac teristic of tfie octopus. It is seldom that anything to which the suckers in the tenta cles of an octopus attach themselves gets away, so it looks decidedly as if Tuk was “no "more,” as the Chinese think. A New Metal tor Heavy Guns. From the New York Sun. The United States Naval Institute at Annapolis will soon issue advance copies of a paper by Alfred H. Cowles on aluminum bronze for heavy guns, which will be dis cussed at a meeting of the institute to be held in Annapolis on Oct. 27. Mr. Cowles argues that by cither the Rodman or Deane process of casting, guns can be made of this alloy that will ha”e a much higher tensile strength and ductility than the finest quality of mud steel forgings; that it would be im possible to hurst a gun cast from this alloy with four times the powder pressure now used in the “built up” steel gun, mid, finally, that the plants required for producing aluminum bronze and casting guns there from would not require more than one-third as great an outlay as it is proposed to invest in plants for the "construction of built up guns, while not one quarter of the time will be necesiary to build the aluminum plant and gun. Mr Cowles also estimates that guns can be cast from aluminum bronze at 20 per cent, less cost than the forged guns of steel, while <SO per cent, of this cost will be capital stored away in tlm metal of the gun, which metal can be remelted and used over an indefinite number of times. The leading metallurgists and ordnance experts of the United States, Great Britain, Fi ance, Bel gium and Germany will be invited to dis cuss tbe paper. The Bottom of the Sea Yields uo pearl that can exceod in beauty teeth whitened and cleansed with that in comparable dentifrice, the fragrant SOZO DONT. Nor is coral rosier than the guma in which such teeth are set. So say the ladies, who are the best judges in such mat ters. THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1887. THE SAMOAN ISLANDS. Some Peculiarities of the Country and the Natives. From the Few York Times. The news of trouble in the Samoan Islands and the removal of the King has brought most vividly to tho mind of the writer some pleasant days passed in that most picturesque of mid-ocean island grouiw. Right in the middle of the grand old ocean, with its beautiful blue waters almost un fathomable, until some bright mind thought of using piano wire to ascertain its depth, jump up here and there peaks of what were once volcanoes in active operation. A nearer approach discloses dense woods, with green fertile patches dotted here and there with the buildings of the natives, and as one passes inside the coral reefs, behind whose shelter the safest of anchorages can bo found, he is surprised to see some good sized villages well filled with people in European cos tumes, whereas being clothed in one’s right mind, with the addition of a breech clout for adults, was at oue time the ouly cover ing required. The simplicity of manner which lias been mentioned by numerous early explorers who visited tho island still exists, more especially among those who live away from the villages, and whose ideas show an almost utter want of what to us are the conventionalities. Numerous were the hearty laughs we had over their attempts at copying their European visitors, and the utter failures which attended their efforts. The color of the natives is, as a rule, dark olive. The better class, however, are much lighter. The men aro tall and well-formed, giving one rather a false idea of being quite athletic. We saw nothing during our visit to indicate their excelling in sport of any kind. The women are generally slight, but quite symmetrical, easy, and graceful, and the most laughing, good humored creatures imaginable. Some of the chiefs have two or more wives, but polygamy is rather the exception than the rule, and even when their is more than one wife separate estab lishments are provided for each. The great evenness of climate makes two crops per year a possibility, and should some enterprising parties undertake practical farming in Samoa there are immense re turns to be had. But in a climate where the temperature is always between 70” and 90° energy seems to be the lacking element toward the carrying out of extensive agri cultural schemes, and now the principal ex ports are “coppra,” or the dried meat of tho cocoanut, from which oil is made, and a small quantity of cotton. Nearly all the trade is controlled by some Hamburg houses, and the Germans are by far the most numer ous of the foreigners. It seems strange to hear that thev are the ones making the present trouble. Possibly all the privileges they have been heretofore enjoying were somewhat abrogated by the exiled King; hence his removal and the establishing of one more favorably disposed in his place. One of the never-failing sources-of delight during the stay of our ship at the islands was to watch the wonderful display of dex terity on the part of the islanders in hand ling their canoes, scores of which were daily plying about the ship dodging in and out, rushing at each other under full head way, as though one would go right through the other, when by a dexterous movement of the paddle the speed of the boat would be almost instantly arrested or forced sufficient ly out of her course to avoid accident. From this great skill thd Samoan Islands were named archipel ties navigateurs, and they to-day are called, in addition to their more common name, the Navigator Islands. Commander Meade visited the islands when in command of the steamer Narrangansett, in 1872 j and through his exertions succeeded in getting the chiefs to place the harbor of Pango Pango under the protec tion of the United States government with a view toward establishing a coaling station there, it being on the direct route between America and Australia. In the future it will probably play an important part, as the harbor is completely landlocked and has an entrance clear of rocks and water for the largest vessels. A special agent was sent out after the return of the Narragan sett to negotiate the extension of the pro tectorate over all the islands, as their value to us is beyond any question greater than it can possibly be to any other nation, but in 1875 a native chief was elected King, and our special mission ended by the agent be coming Prime Minister to the King. The latter has shown numerous instances of friendly feeling to the United States, and has granted permission to establish a naval and coaling station there, of which we have never fully taken advantage. Cinchona Culture in Reunion, • From the London Times. At the present time, owing mainly to tho losses on coffee and sugar, planters in most British tropical and sub-tropical colonies— especially in Ceylon and the West Indies —are turning their attention to cinchona cultivation. It may, therefore Ire well to can attention to the process followed in Reunion, as described by Mr. St. John in his last consular report from that island. The difficulty of removing the bark from the tree appears to have received a more practical solution there than either in Java or the British colonies. In Reunion tho plantations are made in forests at a height of about 4,000 feet. At this alti tude there exist no high trees, but merely brushwood. Parallel alleys from sto (5 feet wide are made, and, as far as practicable, in spots sheltered from the winds. These alleys are separated by a a range of brushwood 10 feet thick on each side, which serves to protect tho young cinchona plants against the violent winds so common in Reunion. The alley's being made, holes are dug at a distance of 15 feet apart, 20 inches in diameter, and of the same depth. Those holes aro then filled with the earth which has been dug up, to which some mould is added. This mixture forms at the surface of the soil a convexity in the middle of which the young cinchona plant is placed, and experiences no difficulty in its growth. When it has reached a height of 18 inches care must be taken to cut tho roots of the adjoining brushwood which may have found their way into the space reserved for the cinchona. At the end of seven or eight years plants will have reached a diameter of ay; inches, and are ready to be worked. The process then pursued is this; Toward the month of October,when the sap resumes its upward movement and the bark is more easily detached, the plants are cut at about two inches from the ground The b;irk is then taken off and put in the suu to dry. From the stump that remains tiiere soon spring a great number of young shoots, which, when they have in their turn at tained a certain size, it is necessary to lop off, only leaving a number of sprigs which the stump is able to feed conveniently. These have a rapid growth, and at the end of another period of six or eight years a new crop is ready. In this way the oultiva tion of cinchona"once planted can be con tinued almost indefinitely and at little ex pense. This is a far more economical method than that employed in Java, and the ex perimerits in Reunion have hitherto proved very successful. Sugar cultivation in Reunion, as eisewhero, lias lawn exceeding ly bad lately', and the French government lias had to come to the help of the planters. They have been allowed to import 12 per cent, of their production duty free into France, nnd the local government bank was ordered to maintain its drafts on Europe at a rate of exchange very little above par, and, in consequence, it is at the present mo ment greatly in debt. What It Is. P. P. P. is the great remedy for all blood and skin diseases. It is a fine prepar ation, containing all the best known vege table Tonics and Blood Purifying Remedies, Prickly Ash, Poke Root, Queen’s Delight and Sarsaparilla, with the lodide of Foties | sium added. It is not a tea, but,is made by the percolation process, and is a certain cure i for rheumatism, scrofula, skin diseases and j all conditions of the system requiring a 1 powerful tonic and blood purifier. CHEAP ADVERTISING. ONE CEnFa WORD. 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Sit only because w<* have gained the confidence of the people, have the best Instruments, one price to all, dollar for dollar, and no misrepresentations, GIVE US A CALL. LUDBEI & BATES Southern Music House. MILLINERY. Of bogus bargains are every day happening in the sphere composed of Fancy Goods dealers, but where unceasing energy and eternal pluck is brought into requisitio >, low prices will knock them out of sight and remain master of the situation; so like an AVALANCHE Sweeping down the mountain side, we scatter before us all this opposition on these favorite offers. BARGAIN JERSEYS! Each piece tailor-made, glove fitting, and lead ing quality. BIG JOB LOT, Ladies’ all wool, Bouole Jar Keys, in Black, Brown, Navy, only 75c. each; worth $1 50. 75 DOZEN, Ladies’ Black brilliant wool Jer seys. pleat backs; a grand bargain, $1 each; worth fully $1 75. 50 DOZEN ladies' Black brilliant wool Jer seys, vest trout, box pleat back; a startler, for $1 35 each: worth fully $3. 43 DOZEN Ladies' Black brilliant wool Jer seys; a superb article, with box-pleat back, only $1 50 each; worth fully $3 25. 35 1 hjZHN ladies' best brilliant Black wool Jerseys. Fedora fronts and box pleat back, only $3, rarely sold elsewhere under §3. Grand Additions of New Millinery by Every Steamer. 1/ V IK STOCK. NEW KID GLOVES! NEW KID GLOVES! At Lowest Prices. New Fall and Winter Goods in every Depart ment. MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED. PLATSHEK’S, 138 Broughton Street. STOVES A\l> EI’KNACKs. Cold Weather. We are now getting in our HEATING STOVES, and have already commenced a run on them. Let us have your orders aDd get everything fixed for the first cold snap without delay. LOVELL & LATTIMORE, HARDWARE AND STOVES, Congrf*s St reel, Savannah* Ga REMOVAL We have removed to IG7 Broughton*, three doors west of Barnard (formerly occu pied by Mr. Cormack Hop kins.) CORNWELL &CHIPMAN. I>Y Eft. LADIES I DO your own Dyeing, at home, with PEER LESS DYES. They will dye everything. They are sold everywhere. I’riee Pic. a package -40 colors. They have no equal for strength, brightness, amount in jrackages, nr for fastness of color, or non-fading qualities. They do not crock or smut. For sale by if F. Ui.mkk, M. 1)., Pharmacist, corner Broughton aud Houston streets; P. B. Reid, Druggist and Apothe cary, comer Jones and Aborcorn streets; Ed war n J. Kieffkr, Druggist, corner West Brood and Stewart streets. PLUMBER. l. a. McCarthy, Successor to Chas. E. Wakefield, PLUMBER, GAS and STEAM FITTER, 48 Barnard street, SAVANNAH, UA. Telephone #73. AUCTION SACKS FUTURE DAYS. Important Sale Damaged Goods, By J. MCLAUGHLIN £ SON. At KELLY’S WHARF, foot of Bull street, on FRIDAY, Uth October, 1887, at 11 o'clock. A large number of cases of CIGARS, HARD WARE, BOOTS, SHOES, CLOTHING. DRY GOODS, LAMBREQUINS, HOUSEHOLD GOODS, CRACKERS, barrels of CROCKERY, PAINT, PRESERVES, VIALS, BEANS, BALES QUILTS, SEWING MACHINES, 18 STOVES, FURNITURE, BUCKETS OF JELLY. ■—ALSO — A quantity of HAY. bale and loose, etc., etc., damaged by tin' and water on the steamer Des soug ami Hold for account of all whom it may concern. Sale punitive and without reserve. All goods to lie removed immediately after sale. Sale Handsome Fnrniture. BY J. MCLAUGHLIN & SON, On MONDAY, 17th October, 1887, at 11 o’clock, at 175 Waldburg street, between Barnard and Jefferson. HALL. Elegant BLACK WALNUT HAT RACK, with largo plate glass mirror, HALL CHAIRS, HALL CARPET, RUUS, STAIR CARPET and RODS. PARLOR. HALLKT * DAVIS 7 OCTAVE PIANO, BRUSSELS CARPET, PERSIAN RUG, MATS, INLAID TABLE, MARBLE TOP TABLES, CHESS TABLE, inlaid pearl, HANDSOME EASELS, MUSIC STAND, HANDSOME PAR LOR SUITE, velvet plush, EBONY SOFA AND EASY CHAIRS in figured plush, KTAOF.RK,LADIES’ SECRET ARY, CURTAINS, SHADES. ENGRAVINGS, WATER COLORS, OLIOGRAPH, LARGE PICTURE IN PASTEL, “May Flowers,’ JAPANESE VASES, DRES DEN FIGURES, WAX FLOWERS. BRONZES, large pair of CHINA VASES, as inches high, OIL PAINTINGS, CHANDELIERS, DINING ROOM. LARGE BRUSSELS CARPETS, LARGE RUGS. SECRETARY, HANDSOME SIDE BOARD, SIDE TABLES, EASY CHAIRS. CLOCK, LAMPS, CHANDELIERS, KNURAV INGS, ETCHINGS, OIL PAINTINGS, DINING ROOM CHAIRS. LIBRARY. BRUSSELS CARPET, PICTURES. RUG. S< IF A, t 'HAIRS and FANCY TABLES, 4 BOOK CASES, 2,000 VOLUMES OF BOOKS, CHAN DELIER. BEDROOMS. ELEGANT BEDROOM SUITES, 8 HAIR MAT TRESSES, PILLOWS, PICTURES, BRUSSELS CARPETS, ANTIQUE BUREAU and WORK TABLES, BLANKETS, CURTAINS, SHADES, WARDROBES. BUREAUS, LARGE MARBLE TOP WASHSTAND, 5 feet in length, CHINA TOILET SETS, GAS BRACKETS. SILVERWARE AND CUT GLASS. TEA and COFFEE URNS, ELEGANT CHASED CASTORS, EXPENSIVE TEA and COFFEE SET, BUTTER DISHES, SYRUP PITCHERS, WAITERS, CAKE BASKETS, DECANTERS, CELERY GLASSES, BON BON GLASSES, CLARET JUGS, WATER PITCHERS, PICKLES, SIDE DISHES and COVERS, DISH COVERS, CHINA, CROCKERY'. STOVE and KITCHEN WARE, COPPER PRESERVING PAN, Etc. Kale will be continued day after day Whitaker street cars within one block. LEGAL SALES. ~ CITY MARSHAL’S SALE. City Marshal’s Officii, i Savannah. Ga., October 4th, 1887. ( ON the FIRST TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER, 1887, between the lawful hours of sale, be fore the Court House door, in the city of Savau nnh. Chatham county, Georgia, and under the direction of the Committee on Public Sales and City Lots, will be sold the following property, for arrears of ground rent duo the Mayor anil Aldermen of the city of Savannah: Lot number fifteen (15) Wesley ward aud the Improvements thereon, teu (10) quarters ground rent due by William M. Davidson. ROBERT J. WADE, City Marshal. LEGAL NOTICES. (' EORGIA, Chatham Poi nty. In Chatham X Suiierior Court. Motion to establish lost deed. To Isaac D, I .aßoche, Henry Love, Abraham Backer. L Franklin Dozier. Wm. E. Dozier, Thomas B. Dozier, Bona Dozier, Nina Dozier Pressley, Blanche E. Cboppin, Arthur D. Cboppin, George R. Beard, Emma Estelle Hodgson, Mary L. Hodgson, Agnes B. Hodg son, George H. Hodgson, and Joseph C. Hodg son: ELIZABETH A. RILEY having presented to me a petition in writing, wherein she alleges that a certain deed to lots Nos. 11 and 12 in Stephen ward, in the city of Savannah, was made by ISAAC D. LaROCHE and SAMUEL P. BELL, acting as Commissioners under a decree in equity ill Chatham Superior Court, wherein you were parties, or are representatives of parties, or are interested adversely to her title to said lots of land, which said deed, a copy of which in substance Is attached to said lief.lt lon and duly sworn to, bears date the 9th day of June. 1800, and the original of which doed said petitioner claims has been lost or de stroyed. and slie wishes said copy established in lieu of said lost original. You are hereby commanded to show cause, if any you can, at the next Suiierior Court to lie held in and for said countv on the FIRST MONDAY IN DE CEMBER NEXT, why said copy deed should not Is* established in liou of the lost or destroyed original. And It further appearing that some of you, to wit: Abraham Backer, L. Franklin Dozier, Wm. E. Dozier, Thomas B. Dozier, Bona Dozier, Nina Dozier Pressley, Blanche E. Cboppin, Ar thur B. Cboppin, George K. Beard, Emma Es telle Hodgson, Mary L. Hodgson, Agnes B. Hodgson, George H. Hodgson and Joseph C. Hodgson reside outside of the State of Georgia, It is therefore further ordered that you so re st-siding out side of the State of Georgia lie served by a publication of said rule nisi for three months before the next term of said court towit: Three months before the FIRST MON DAY IN DECEMBER NEXT in the Savannah Morning News, a public gazette of this State, published in this county. Witness the Honorable A. P. Adams, Judge of said Court, this 27th day of August, A. D. 1887. BARNARD E. BEE, Clerk 8.C..C.C. R. R. RICH ARDS, ISAAC BECKETT, Attorneys for Petitioners. A true copy of the original rule nisi issued in the above case. BARNARD E. BEE, Clerk B. C„ C. C. PAINTS AND Oll.e. JOHN G. BUTLER, WHITE LEADS, COLORS, OILS, GLASS, VARNISH, ETC.; READY MIXED PAINTS: RAILROAD, STEAMER AND MILL SUPPLIES, SASHES, DOORS, BUNDS AND BUILDERS’ HARDWARE. Sole Agent for GEORGIA LIME, CALCINED PLASTER, CE MENT, HAIR and LAND PLASTER. 6 Whitaker Street, Savannah, Georgia. igft CHRIS. MtJBPHT, IttSt House, Sign and Ornamental Painting IJ'XECUTED NEATLY and with dispatch. j I'yhiU, Oils. Varnishes, Brushes, Window Glass tL etc., etc. Estimates furnished on ap plied m CORNER CONGRESS AND DRAYTON SI’S., Rear of Christ Church. WOOD. A. Si BACO N, Planing Mill, Lumber anil Wood lard, Liberty and East Broad sts.. Savannah, Ga. ALL Planing Mill work correctly aud prompt ly done. Good stock Dressed and Rough Lumber. FIRE WOOD, Oak, Piue, Llghtwood and Lumber Kindlings. C. H. DORSETT’S COLT7MM. Lumber at Auction. THE BASE BALL FENCE AND STANDS UNDER THE HAMMER. C. H. DORSETT, Auctioneer, Will sell on FRIDAY, 14th inst., at 11 o’clock A. u . on the premises, for the benefit of all con ceriied, The Lumber in the fence and stands of the Base Ball Park, corner of Anderson and Aber corn streets. This lumber is well seasoned and will be sold in lots to suit purchasers. It is a good chance to get good and cheap fencing, etc. Executrix’s Sale. C. H. DORSETT, Auctioneer. By virtue of an order granted by the Honorable Ordinary of Chatbam county, I will sell be fore the Court House, in Savannah, during the usual hours of sale, on TUESDAY, No vember Ist, 1887, All that certain iot of land in the city of Sa vannah known as lot number eight in C. J. Hull's subdivision of lots numbers fifty-three and fifty-four South Ogletbor]*) ward, with the improvements thereon, consisting of a two-story brick dwelling house on the comer of West Boundary and Margaret streets. Sold as the property of CHARLES JONES, deceased, for payment of debts and for distribution. LUCINDA JONES. Executrix of Charles Jones, deceased. Guardian’s Sale. C. H. DORSETT, Auctioneer. Under and by virtue of an order granted by tba Ordinary of Effingham county, Georgia, I will sell at public outcry, before the door of the Court House, in Savannah, Georgia, between the legal hours of sale, on TUESDA.Y, the first day or November, 18H7, the following property of LULA SHEAKOUSE and JOHN SHE AR OUSE, minors, namely: One undivided one-sixth (I*6) interest in that certain lot of land situate aud being in said city of Savannah and county of Chatham, known a* lot number seven (7) Davis ward, fronting fifty six feet on Taylor street and running back to Jones street lane. Terms cash; pure Wiser pay ing for titles JOHN E. SHEA ROUSE, Guardian of Lula and John Shearouse. COMMISSIONERS’ SALE -FOR PARTITION. By C. H. DORSETT, Auctioneer, By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of ('htttham county, passed on the 2ith day of July. 1887. (luring the June term of said court, in a case therein tending in which James J. McGowan, Kate McMahon and Mary E. Doug lass are complainants, and Mary Elizabeth Kine and John Sherlock are defendants, the undersigned cnmmissiouers(sppointed for thin pur))ose) will sell at public outcry before the door of the Court House of Chatham county on the FIRST TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER NEXT, being the first day of said month, be tween the legal hours of sale, The following lots, tracts and parcels of land ill the corporate limits of the city of Savannah, namely: All that piece, parcel or lot of land In the city of Savannah, county of Chatham and State of Georgia, described on a map drawn by Joseph M. Shellman, City Surveyor, as lot number four (4); bounded north by lot number three, then described as the property of the estate of Thomas Williams; ou the east, for a distance of two hundred and twenty-two and one-third feet, by the Ogeechee canal, on the south by lot num ber five (5), the property of G. W. Anderson; on the west by a straight, line drawn from the northwestern corner of said lot number five to the southwestern corner of lot number three. Also those three lots designated on a map drawn by Joseph M. Shellman, City Surveyor, as lots numbers one, two and three, being part* of the lot above described as lot nuinlier four, through which the Savannah and Ogeeches cmal passes; each of said lots containing sixty three and one-half feet, more or less, on West Boundary street and running westwardly to the canal; and together bounded north by lot number four of the sub-division lota on the plan of said Joseph M. Shellman, east by West Boundary street, south by original lot number five and west by the canal. Also all those lots designated on the said map of Joseph M. Shellman as lots let ters E, D, I, IL I and II on West Boundary street and E and D on Lumber street, between Margaret and Zubly streets; each of said lots containing sixty-tbreo and one-half feet by ninety feet, more or less; lots letters I and E forming what is known ou the city map as lot number fifty-one, and lot* letters H aud D forming what is known on the city map as lot number fifty. Also lota designated on said map of Joseph M. Shellman as letters A, B and 0, now known on the city map as lots number twenty six, twenty-seven and twenty-eight, fronting west on Lumber street, between Margaret and Zubly streets, each containing sixty-three and one half feet on Lumber street and ninety feet, more or less, in depth. Also lot nuinlier twenty-nine, bounded north by Zubly street, east by lot number ten, south by lot number twenty-eight, or letter “C,“ and West by Lumber street, containg sixty-threw feet six inches ou Lumber street, aud ninety feet, more or h*ss. in depth, Also the east aud west halves of lot number fifty two on the city map, bounded north by loti number fifty one (iota I and E), east by Lumber street., south by lot number fifty-three, and west by West Boundary street. Also the eastern halves of lota numbers forty eight and forty-nine or, the city map, together bounded north by Zubly street, east Dy Lumber street, south by lot letter D (or lot number fifty) and west by the western parts of said lots num bers forty-eight and forty nine, in all sixteen parcels of land. The above parcels of land will be sold Id lot or lots to suit purchasers. Terms cash, pureliaser* paying for papers. Sale subject to confirma tion by court. R. R. RICHARDS, C. 11. DORSETT, J. R. BAUBBY, Commissioners. FOR RENT. I have for rent a ne new store and rest dense on the corner of West Broad and Gwinnett streets. FOR RENT. Tbe residence No. 139 York street, between Bull and Whitaker streets; very roomy and con venient to business. C. H. DORSETT. A Few Additions TO THE OFFERINGS HAVE BEEN MADB RECENTLY. TO WIT: A Very Elegant Residence large rooms, high ceilings, all the conveniences expected in a first class house. Located in an aristocratic neigh borhood. A full lot on South Broad Street Facing North. A Two-Story Residence on Green square. Thi* is a Bargain at fifteen hundred dollars. An Elegant Lot 60x105, in Southeastern Seo. tion, for eighteen hundred dollars. A Lot 30x91, on Second Avenue, near Barnard, for $425. No City Taxes. A Lot on Montgomery street, nsar Second Avenue, for $025. A Two Story Wooden Dwelling, good locality, in northern pirt of the city, convenient to Bay street and the Market, for $2,210. A Two Story House In Yamacraw for S6OO, Also two One Story Houses for SI,OOO. A lot 30x100 for six hundred dollars; $l5O cash and balance monthly. A Lot on Hall street, near Jefferson, 32x13(1 for $1,050; three hundred dollars cash and long time on tbe balauce. c, i ism, Real Estate Dealer Xo o xJ x\. \ . 3